Dr.G.Syda Rao takes over as Director of CMFRI

Abstract

Dr.G.Syda Rao has taken over as Director, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin. A renowned Scientist with more than three decades of meritorious research experience in the field of marine fisheries, Dr. Rao has published several research papers in national and international journals. Dr. Syda Rao has pioneered the land-based marine pearl culture technology which was granted a provisional patent in 2001. He has been instrumental in the successful demonstration of open sea cage culture technology at Visakhapatnam, recently.